Dressing hogs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. SMITHSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRESSING HOGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,147, dated May 16,1882. Application filed February 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Befit known that I, JOSEPH S. SMITHSON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, now residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and 15 arestrong and frequently matted with dirt, as

the heat required to destroy them is so great that the less protectedand more delicate parts of the flesh are burned and blisteretl, thusimpairing the value of the meat.

the hair, bristles, and dirt previous to sin gein g the latter operationis performed with greater rapidity, the bristles and hair are preservedto be used for other purposes, while the skin can 2 5 bethoroughlysingedwithout injuring an y part,

and the. value of the meat is increased.

I have found that by scalding and removing In carrying out my inventionI first subject the animal to treatment with scalding water, then scrapeto remove the bristles, as usual, then singe the carcass, and thenscrape the same.

The preliminary scalding softens the outer cuticle and loosens the hairand bristles, and it is found that the subsequentheating causes thisouter cuticle to become loose, so that it is readily scraped: off,thereby removing all the hair and leaving a smooth, clean surface, without in the least burning the thick skin or flesh.

I claim- The within-described mode of treating the carcass of the hog,the same consisting in first scalding the carcass with hot water andscraping off the bristles, then singeing, and then scraping to removethe hair and outer cuticle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed [[1] y name to this specification inthe presence of twosubscribing witnesses. JOS. S. SMITHSON. Witnesses:

O. H. BARSTOW, EUGENE 0. LONG.

